Hair-waving device



K Oct. 30, 1928.

I 1,689,355 T-. MCMILLAN HAIR WAVING DEVICE Filed Jan. 2'7, 192s QTfCZQ/VEK Patented Oct. 30, 1928.

THERESA MCMILLAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAIR-WAVING DEVICE.

Application filed January 27, 1928. Serial No. 249,895.

This invention relates to improvements in hair waving-devices. One object is to provide an efiicient hair waving device that can be used by those unskilled in the art of hair waving with as good results as would be obtained with the device in the hands of a practiced hair dresser.

A further object is to provide a hair wavin g device very eiiicient in producing the Marcel wave and that can be used either to make a loose or tight wave as desired.

A still further object is to provide a hair waving device that can be manipulated by one hand, that is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture and durable in use.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in View the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described, particularly pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the drawing which forms a part of this application for patent and in which i Fig. 1 is a view of the hair waving device in side elevation.

Fig. 2 is a similar view with one of the combs shown in an adjusted position.

Fig. 3 is a view of the device in end elevation, the combs being shown in section Fig. l is a perspective view of the slidingcomb bracket, enlarged.

Like reference characters denote corre-' sponding parts throughout the several views.

With the present invention 1t 1s an easy matter for a person to wave her own hair and to readily give it any particular style or type of wave desired. The waving device comprises a pair of arcuately shaped combssupported in comb-holding means which means comprise a clip for holding a stationary comb and a bracket for holding a sliding comb, the hair waving device being adapted for application to the hair and manipulation of the sliding comb solely with one hand thus permitting freedom of the other hand for other use.

The comb-holding element comprises a spring clip, the spring 1 beingsomewhat cylindrical in shape, the cylinder bein g split and the resultant longitudinal edges 2, 3 spread apart by the intervening ends 4, 5 of the manipulating members '6, 7 which members extend through spaced slots 8, 9 in said spring, the outer ends of said members 6, 7 being yieldingly spaced the maximum distance part by the spring action.

Interposed between the edge 8 of the spring and the manipulating member 7 and extend 1ng outwardly through the slot. 9 in said spring is a portion of the convolute spring bracket 10 which is somewhat S-shaped in cross section, the contracted lip 11 passing through said slot and being then bent slightly away from the member 7. An outer portion of the bracket 10 receives the arcuate comb 12, a longitudinally extending indentation 13 in said bracket being adapted to engage in a groove 14- in the comb. A similar comb 15 is fixedly secured by fastening means 16 to the spring 1, the back edge of the comb being interposed between said spring and the manipu lating member 6.

The spring clip holds the comb 15 against longitudinal movement and holds the bracket 10 in similar manner, the bracket slidably carrying the comb 12. The teeth of the combs are retained contiguous to or in frictional engagement'with each other by the spring clip and in order to slide the comb 15 in its bracket the manipulating members 6, 7 are manually pressed together thus spreading the edges 2, 3 of the spring 1. The sliding comb may now be readily adjusted in its bracket.

In use it is necessary to use a plurality of the hair waving devices to produce the hair waves desired. Two, three or more rows of the devices being used, each rowof devices extending from one side of the head to the other, the devices of each row being placed end to'end. The distance between the rows will determine the width of the Waves and will determine whether a loose or tight wave is formed. 7

Each hair waving device as it is placed in the dampened hair is first spread by manually pressing the members 6, 7 together thus spreading the combs, the combs are now disposed in the hair and the comb 12 adjusted longitudinally as desired and the members 6,

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7 then released when the spring will spread the free ends of said members and bring together again the teeth of the combs. The

devices are now permitted to remain in the hair until it dries thus forming the Waves.

What is claimed is 1. In a hair Waving device, a spring clip, a bracket carried thereby, a comb fixedly carried by said spring clip, and a comb slidably carried by said bracket.

2. In a hair Waving device, a spring clip, a spring bracket carried thereby, an arciiiate comb fixedly carried by said spring clip, and an arcuate comb slidably carried by said bracket.

3. In a hair Waving device, a spring clip, a bracket fixedly carried thereby, comb fixedly carried by said clip, and a comb slidably carried by said bracket.

4. In a hair Waving device, a spring clip, a convolute bracket carried thereby, an arcuate comb fast to said clip, and an arcnate comb carried by said bracket and adapted for yielding sliding adjustment with respect thereto.

5. In a hair Waving device, a spring clip, a bracket carried thereby, a comb made fast to said clip, and a comb slidably carried by said bracket, the toothed portions of said combs being yieldingly retained in contiguity by sald chp.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature.

THERESA MGMILLAN. 

